Item #1745

1987. Illustrated with black and white photos and line drawings. Warmly inscribed and signed by Eduardo Diazmunoz on free front endpaper, dated September 1987. Edicion Conmemorativa limited to 2000 c. 4to. 10-3/4" x 10-11/16". Black cloth covered boards stamped in gold. 85 pp. plus 4 unpaginated pp. Very good to fine. / Very good dust jacket with one 1" closed tear and one shorter one.

Association copy. Stamped with owner's name on front cover. Text in Spanish. Item #942

Viking Press, 1991. First Edition. hard Cover. fine / fine. Item #1826

Stephens Press, 2007. 1st. Hard Cover. fine. Item #1822

Midwest Traditions Inc., 1994. Photographs Edited by Louis Koch. First Edition. Soft Cover. fine. Item #1841

New York, Tokyo and Kyoto: Weatherhill/Tankosha, (1971). Profusely illustrated in color and many black and white photos. Stated First Edition. Performing Arts of Japan: V. 8vo. 8-1/2" x 6-3/16". Beige blind stamped buckram. 207 pp. Previous owner's bookplate on free front endpaper. Otherwise very good to fine condition. / Dust jacket is a little faded along spine and top edge. Otherwise condition is fine.

This book introduces Gagaku from the viewpoint of the general reader who wishes to know the essential facts about it. The approach is mainly a visual one, as the generous selection of illustrations makes clear. Musicians and dancers, scenes from Gagaku performances, masks, costumes, musical instruments, paintings from Gagaku history - all these are pictured here to complement a pleasantly informative text that traces the development of Gagaku, explains its orchestral and dance techniques, interprets its aesthetics, and re-creates for the reader the atmosphere in which it is performed. Item #1088